Improvement in knife-sharpeners



J. QUIPP.

Improvement in KnifeSha'r'peners.

No. 130,660. Patented Aug 20,1872.

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JONATHAN QUIPP7 OF BUFFALO, NEWr YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN K'NnlFE-SHARPENERS.

Specification forming part oi' Leiters Patent No. 130,660, dated AugustQ0, 1872.

Speciiication describing a new and useful Improvement inKnife-Sharpener, invented by JONATHAN QUIPI, of Buffalo, in the county0f Erie and State of New York.

The object of this invention is to furnish cheap and convenient meansfor .sharpening knives; and it consists in an emery-roller supported ona suitable frame7 as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a side View of the article. Fig.2 is a vertical cross-section of Fig. l taken on the line x.

Similar letters oi' reference indicate corre spending parts.

A is the roller7 which maybe of any suitable i diameter and length, witha journal or pivot at each end. B is a bed-plate, and C C are stands orears attached to the bed-plate, through which the journals of the rollerpass.

This roller is made of Wood or of any suitable y material, and coveredwith emery or equivalent material, the same as cmery-wheels; or it maybe lnade of a composition of emery or sand and other material.

I do not conline myself `to any particular manner of making the roller,or ot' mounting it on a frame. I arrange it to be readily re' volved, sothat a new surface may be presented at any time for sharpening knives.

This article may be placed upon the diningtable, or in any convenientsituation for sharpening knives, and will be found most efficient forthat purpose.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A knife-Sharpener composed of the roller A, base B,and stands O C, arranged substantial- 1y as shown and described.

JONATHAN QUIPP.

Witnesses:

A(JIIAS. G. HEINZE, C. J. KLINE.

